Foreign Affairs committee  Thank you very much. Of course, it's not my determination as to whether amendments are brought forward or accepted, but it was the collective will of the committee—which heard those witnesses among the 19 witnesses we heard—that we were not willing to move any amendments, as th

Foreign Affairs committee  Parliamentarians can do what they will. My advice would be that this bill has been out of the Senate now for almost a year. I would like the bill to become law as quickly as possible and, therefore, without amendment, so that the assurances we speak to Canadians about in terms of

Foreign Affairs committee  I'd be happy to. It's good that we have an early opportunity to engage in a bicameral way on what the processes are, particularly as the Senate of Canada has evolved to a less partisan, more independent approach. The first point I would make is it is rare that the government in

Foreign Affairs committee  Redress is available through the Minister of Foreign Affairs, who has responsibility for the naming of individuals, and that redress mechanism is available.

Foreign Affairs committee  The Senate made one technical amendment, which was a coordinating amendment with regard to Bill C-21, to ensure that whichever bill was enacted first, there was a complementarity of action allowed. However, we made no other amendments, nor were any proposed, either in committee o

Foreign Affairs committee  I believe that the responsibility of.... I cannot claim what the responsibility of the House of Commons is, but in the view of the Senate, the obligation we have is to close the loopholes that are identified and to secure the inadmissibility regime that we have put in place, whic

Foreign Affairs committee  They are not inadmissible under the law as it exists without this amendment, so what we are seeking to do—what the government is seeking to do—is to ensure that inadmissibility takes place at the front line, early in the possible admission process. As you well know, once an indiv

Foreign Affairs committee  I am not, but I did ask that question of officials at that time, and they said that a small number have, in fact. I didn't press it further for precise numbers.

Foreign Affairs committee  It is the view expressed in this bill, and hence by the Senate, that sanctioned individuals ought to go through the appeal process—which is the sanctioning process, in which the minister responsible is the foreign minister—not through existing immigration processes, which go befo

Foreign Affairs committee  It is my understanding—and I'm not the official responsible—that the prohibition is included in the coordinating legislation to which I referred, which would add transnational border criminality to the existing grounds for inadmissibility or detention. Therefore, it is captured i

Foreign Affairs committee  [Witness spoke in German] [English]

Foreign Affairs committee  I'm glad you didn't repeat the whole question in Low German, because my response would have been a little more tardy. The Senate took the view that this bill is about closing the gaps in existing measures. That was the view taken by all senators, including many who are strong ad

Foreign Affairs committee  That's correct, although I should say that we want legislation that is broadly permissive of government to rapidly act under regulation to deal with emerging entities.

Foreign Affairs committee  It's because border access is under the Minister of Public Safety. Therefore, we're trying to ensure that the front line is appropriately addressing the issues for which it is responsible.

Foreign Affairs committee  Thank you, Chair. I hope I don't use all of my five minutes, but I appreciate your signals. This is an “S” bill, which means it originated in the Senate. It is a government bill, and it is not unusual for government bills to be tabled first in the Senate, although it's not a pr